Somali National Caught Smuggling Mexicans Into Country

PHOENIX, AZ – A Somali citizen was paid to help sneak people across the U.S. border, according to a criminal complaint in Federal Court.

Last week, according to the paperwork, Omar Haji Mohamed, a Somali citizen, was stopped at a border checkpoint in Why, Arizona, near the Tohono O’odham Nation.

Agents say Mohamed was driving a silver Volvo SUV with two other passengers. After an investigation, agents say they determined the two passengers were: Gilberto Alcantar and Alma Delia Reyes-Castillo. Both were illegal immigrants from Mexico, according to an affidavit.